I weathered a Nor’easter in Maine in 1968. Wind chill was 60 below. Nobody ever called it a “bomb” anything.
Watch out, Groundhog day is coming. The Groundhog Day gale was a severe winter storm that hit the Northeastern United States and southeastern Canada on February 2 (Groundhog Day), 1976. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day_gale_of_1976